Chaos Erupts in Congress as Vote to Reduce Bolsonaro's Sentence Passes

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Chamber of Deputies voted to approve a bill that could drastically reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence for an attempted coup to just over two years. The session was marked by dramatic chaos when leftist lawmaker Glauber Braga occupied the speaker's chair, denounced a "coup offensive," and was forcibly removed by police before the vote could proceed. The bill also provides a path to parole for approximately 100 of Bolsonaro's supporters imprisoned for the January 8, 2023, attacks on government
which had earlier been accused by the White House of "intimidation and censorship" during Bolsonaro's trial.